I'm attempting to crawl a MS Sharepoint environment using a local Oracle Endeca instance (11.1.0). Per Oracle's documentation there should be a 'Sharepoint WebServices Data Source' option within the 'CAS Console' but it is not present.
The documentation goes into detail on configuring the data source, but provides no information on getting the plugin installed to begin with, or even if a plugin exists, it seems like this should be OOTB but it is nowhere to be found.
Appreciate any information on the subject from anyone who has successfully used this connector with Endeca before.
The 'Sharepoint WebServices Data Source' requires a separate license, stay classy Oracle.
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On the main page home.aspx, I would like to query some data from Oracle database.
I've carefully looked for a such option, but I cannot find anything releated to it.
Can someone please guide me?
Thank you.
Install the Oracle connector and register it as safe in the web.config of the SharePoint Web. Use it like any other sql connector but with OracleConnection as you should.
I myself would have chosen a bit different approach and developed a webpart instead. If you develop and deploy a webpart project in SharePoint 2010 any used modules should be properly registered automatically during the deployment. Start with webparts here, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513148.aspx
And if you don't know what the above means you probably shouldn't mess with SharePoint that way! (Sorry but it's true)
I'm in a machine that has already SharePoint installed, so when I started the SharePoint Central Administration to config, this message appear to me: "Can not connect to the database configuration."
How do I know which database is configured SharePoint?
Normally the Admin database is created using the naming convention SharePoint_AdminContent_{GUID}. However if there's more than one, you'll need to use SQL Management studo or other tool to look inside the DBs, look for a table called "DatabaseInformation" which will contain two items, look in the AlternateAccessMappingXML entry and look for the XML tage IncomingUrl, that should help you narrow it down.
Or just use the SQL profiler and watch for connections.
By default SharePoint will install the Database on the same machine as the web server, but you can ask whoever installed SharePoint on the machine.
Anyhow, most likely it's not relevant and something else is the problem, follow the resolution methods described here and you'll probably have it fixed.
I am trying to make a kind of 'faceted search' in ASP.NET and am looking for good ways to filter data. That's why I have the following question:
Is it possible to use FAST search on a SQL database using Microsoft Search Server 2010 without using SharePoint? (in other words: can a SQL DB be a content source for the search?) I can't seem to find a definitive answer to this anywhere.
I have found this on the MS website:
The following connectors come out of the box in Search Server 2010
Express and SharePoint Server 2010:
SharePoint sites
Windows file shares
Exchange public folders
Lotus Notes
Web sites
IFilters for additional repositories
Structured content in databases
Federation object model
I would like to be sure that it 'can' work before I start messing around with it.
You will need to install SharePoint Foundation (free version), as well as install the cumulative updates/service packs to install and configure the Secure Store Service. From there, you can use Business Connectivity Services to model your database and present it to Search Server Express. FAST Search is another product altogether and would require additional software installation and configuration.
I do not know anything about Sharepoint, and my company is rolling it out in a few departments.
I am familiar with the workings and usage of Oracle (Stellent) CMS (for storing docs with meta-data, searching for docs, etc), and I am asking if I may use Sharepoint in a similar way?
Can I programmatically upload docs to Sharepoint, from a java web application, and do searches and doc retrieval?
Yes. You are able to do all of that from Java via the MOSS 2k7 Web Services. Here's a quick reference for uploading a file to a list (the example uses .NET, but you can use Java just as easily).
David Klein's Corner: Uploading Files to MOSS 2007 via the Copy.asmx Web Service
I'm using the search web service on a Search Server 2008 Express install in a web application.
I have created the content source and scope and can successfully query the web service if I specify the fields I wish to return.
What I cannot find out is what fields are available to me, if I modify the query to "SELECT * ..." then I get an error that my query is malformed.
Can anyone tell me what fields are available by default for a web based search source?
Thanks,
Nick
There are some good tools available to help you debug this, here are some suggestion:
My SearchCoder will help you right SQL Correctly
The Search Service tool helps you with the Web Services
There are some .NET helpers on MSDN here Helper Classes for the SharePoint Server 2007 Search Query Web Service Built Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
And the Search Community Toolkit on CodePlex. They should all get you moving.